1C has announced King's Bounty: Crossworlds will be available from September 17:

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MOSCOW, Russia — September 1, 2010 — Leading Eastern and Central European publisher 1C Company and Katauri Interactive announced today the release of King’s Bounty: Crossworlds, a new game in the award-winning King’s Bounty series.

The title will be released on September 17, 2010 and features a massive update to King’s Bounty: Armored Princess (Orcs on the March) along with two new campaigns, dozens of new quests, new items, spells and creatures.

Fans of the King’s Bounty series will be thrilled to see their requests were answered as King’s Bounty: Crossworlds also includes a full-scale game editor.

As in the multi-award winning 1st game, the player has many options to battle both new and old enemies. Various skills and abilities, as well as a flying steed, will help to overcome the hordes attacking the kingdom. The Princess is also accompanied by her tamed dragon, the dragon will do its best to protect the Princess during the battles, starting with simple attacks and finishing with fire breathing and volcano summoning.

King’s Bounty: Crossworlds features:

2 brand new campaigns (Champion of the Arena with boss battles in a gladiatorial tournament and Defender of the Crown with battles in unique tactical arenas with a random selection of enemies and allies)

Orcs on the March – extensive update to the original King’s Bounty: Armored Princess

New creatures to slay or use in combat

70 new items, 8 new item sets, including one for the pet dragon and 3 component artifacts.

King’s Bounty: Crossworlds Game of the Year Edition - contains King’s Bounty: Armored Princess, all the new elements and is a standalone product.

<li style="padding-left: 30px;">And finally as a present to our longtime fans the last version - King’s Bounty: Crossworlds – requires an installed version of King’s Bounty: Armored Princess and adds in all the new features, campaigns and the editor.

The title will be released on September 17, 2010 and features a massive update to King’s Bounty: Armored Princess (Orcs on the March) along with two new campaigns, dozens of new quests, new items, spells and creatures.Fans of the King’s Bounty series will be thrilled to see their requests were answered as King’s Bounty: Crossworlds also includes a full-scale game editor.As in the multi-award winning 1st game, the player has many options to battle both new and old enemies. Various skills and abilities, as well as a flying steed, will help to overcome the hordes attacking the kingdom. The Princess is also accompanied by her tamed dragon, the dragon will do its best to protect the Princess during the battles, starting with simple attacks and finishing with fire breathing and volcano summoning.